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1、ModernTheology19:4October2003ISSN0266-7177(Print)ISSN1468-0025(Online)THEOLOGYASCONVERSATIONALEVENT:KARLBARTH,THEENDINGOF“DIALOGUE”ANDTHE1BEGINNINGOF“CONVERSATION”JOHNC.McDOWELLIntroductionAnargumentisas,orevenperhapsmore,revealingforwhatitomitsaswhatitincludes.
2、FeministandLiberationisttheologieshaverightlybeensuspi-ciousofdiscoursesmakingclaimstobeing“natural”,“self-evident”,or“rational”whenprobingrevealsthattheyoperateatthelevelofideology,andthereintooeasilyexcludeaccountsthatcoulddisrupttheapparentnat-uralnessoftheir
3、particulartellingofthestory.Thatprocessofnaturalisationmakesthesewaysoftellingthestoriesoftheworld,nations,andsocialandpoliticalgroups,partofthefabricofthecultural-linguisticshapeofthestory-tellingsothatlanguageuserswhoareinformedbythesestoriesloseanysensethatth
4、ingscouldbetoldorimagineddifferently.Thestories,then,appearas“true”,aredivorcedfromtheparticularcontextstheyonceinhab-ited,andservespecificinterests.Yetlanguages,forinstance,arenotexaminable,dissectableandframeableasstableorstaticentities.Language-usebythoselessf
5、amiliarwith,orevenunfamiliarwith,thespecificitiesinvolvedintherulesofanyparticularspeechcanmodifythatlanguageatevenitsgrammaticalcore.Inthiseventthe“other”isbroughtintoconversationtodestabilisingeffect.Conversation,then,caninduceadisruptionandmodificationofgrammat
6、icalpatterns,andcanrobustlyremindoneofthesituatednessandevenfragilityofanygivenlanguage-use.JohnC.McDowellSchoolofDivinity,NewCollege,MoundPlace,UniversityofEdinburgh,EH12LX,Scotland©BlackwellPublishingLtd2003.PublishedbyBlackwellPublishing,9600GarsingtonRoad,Ox
7、fordOX42DQ,UKand350MainStreet,Malden,MA02148,USA.484JohnC.McDowellItisnotuncommon,however,tohearthecomplaintthatdespitethevolu-minousnatureofhiswriting,KarlBarth’sperformanceomitssomethingvitaltothehealthoftheology,particularlyoneclaimingattentionto“public”place
8、s.JamesBarr’scommentisrepresentativeofonekindofobjection.2Barth,hesays,“paidlittleattentiontootherpeople’sopinions”.ThiswayofstatingtheproblemsomewhatleavesBarrvulner
